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Is a demotion a new path to CEO?

"We had to check our egos at the door," former Kohl's CEO Michelle Gass says of Levi's unusual succession plan.

Fortune · Jan 3, 2024

Levi's CEO Chip Bergh to step down in January, handing over leadership to former CEO of Kohl's

Levi Strauss & Co. says that its CEO will step down in January and hand over the reins of the jeans maker to his appointed successor

The Independent UK · Dec 7, 2023

How Canadian companies can use tech to identify forced labour in their supply chains

Levi Strauss Canada is yet another company facing allegations of forced labour in its supply chain. The allegations, which Levi Strauss denies, centre on whether the company is working with suppliers using Uyghur forced labour. With over 27 million people worldwide in forced labour, we can expect to witness similar…

The Conversation · Nov 2, 2023

Podcast: wheat on the Seine, denim goes home to Nimes, forgotten first woman filmmaker

How Rouen, a city on the Seine, far from the open sea, became France's largest grain port; denim production returns to its place of birth in Nimes; and the story of Alice Guy, the world's first woman director, forgotten by history.

Radio France Internationale · Jun 29, 2023

Discovery of van full of counterfeit clothes in Dumfries and Galloway plays key part in prosecuting multi-million pound tax fraud case

Police arrested a van driver who was transporting fake designer goods bearing the name of brands such as Calvin Klein, Nike, Lacoste and Levi Strauss

Daily Record · Apr 14, 2023

People only just realising why pairs of jeans have small metal studs in them

Most pairs have the metal rivets attached, but it turns out they do actually serve a purpose - which many people were unaware of.

Daily Record · Jan 6, 2023

Asda shoppers baffled by mysterious white rectangle on front of milk cartons

Puzzled buyers wondered what the image could be, with one joking it was a "Truman Show-style door...signifying the caged, controlled lives of the moo-creatures"

Daily Mirror · Jan 5, 2023

People are only just learning what the small studs on their jeans are for

Almost every pair of jeans has rivets hammered through the denim - but people are only just learning why they're there and what purpose they serve to the wearer

Daily Mirror · Jan 4, 2023

Pair of 156-year-old rotting jeans discovered in shipwreck sell for almost £100,000

The jeans - believed to be workwear trousers possibly belonging to a miner - went down with the S.S Central America, a steamer that sank off the coast of the US in a hurricane 156 years ago.

Daily Mirror · Dec 17, 2022

Women Fortune 500 CEOs will drop by one after Kohl's CEO joins Levi Strauss

Michelle Gass is joining Levi Strauss with a plan to succeed Chip Bergh as CEO within 18 months. That's one less woman heading a Fortune 500 company.

Fortune · Nov 10, 2022